Senior Advisor and Director of Strategy and Innovation, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA
Christopher Jones, PharmD, MPH, currently serves as Senior Advisor and Director of Strategy and Innovation in the CDC Injury Center. As Senior Advisor, he provides strategic policy and scientific direction and coordination on a broad range of injury and violence topics including drug overdose, suicide and adverse childhood experiences. As Director of Strategy and Innovation, he leads strategic planning efforts and the development of innovations across Injury Center programs and topics; leads a team of scientist to advance innovative approaches to using data to inform prevention efforts, building partnerships to advance data and surveillance, and strengthening interagency and nongovernmental collaborations on injury and violence prevention; and serves as a senior scientist to conduct epidemiological and policy research. Prior to joining CDC, he served as the first Director of the National Mental Health and Substance Use Policy Laboratory at SAMHSA. During his career, Dr. Jones has served as Acting Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Data Policy and Director of the Division of Science Policy in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at HHS, senior advisor in the Office of the Commissioner at the FDA, and led the CDC’s drug overdose activities, among other assignments. He received his bachelor’s degree from Reinhardt College, his doctorate of pharmacy degree from Mercer University and his master of public health degree from New York Medical College, and is currently completing his doctorate of public health in heath policy at The George Washington University.
Monday, April 22
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Wednesday, April 24
10:15 AM – 11:30 AM
Wednesday, April 24
6:30 PM – 7:45 PM